George Bush begs Iraq to form a government because they are making him look bad.

A delegation of U.S. senators in Baghdad on Tuesday expressed American impatience with Iraqi leaders' failure, three months after an election, to form a government that could help contain the conflict.

Bush joined that chorus, saying Iraqis had turned out in the millions to vote and expect their leaders to act.

"The people have spoken. And now it's time for a government to get stood up .... That's what the people want. Otherwise they wouldn't have gone to the polls, would they have?" he asked.

You know I would like to take a shot at answering George's question. Does the fact that these people voted mean that they are committed to forming an American style democratic government? No, not necessarily!

Haven't you ever started a project and found it too hard or too unfulfilling to complete? Or have you ever done something that everybody else was doing without being completely convinced it was a good idea? Yeah me too.

Now do you remember what was happening on the days that the polls were open? Nothing!

The towns were locked up tight. There were no cars allowed on the roads. The military was everywhere. The television was full of the news that today was the day to go vote for a new Iraq. What else was there to do?

These people were not taking time out of their busy days to get to the polling places. They did not have to fight traffic or try to get home in time to get dinner started. They had nothing else to do but vote that day. Is it any wonder that they may have voted but not been convinced that that was going to solve all of Iraq's troubles?

The problem here is that George Bush is a simpleton. He has no idea what other cultures, or for that matter other Americans, might think is important or the right thing to do. He still has blinders on and is so convinced that democracy will solve every problem that he just cannot fathom the fact it might fail. Or more pointedly, that it is failing.